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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1896-02-20 · Played 1915–1934 · Career WAR 20.9 (bWAR) ·

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Batting

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR
1915	SLA	AL	10	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		5	5	.000	.263	.000	.263	-0.2
1917	NYA	AL	6	17	1	2	0	0	0	1	1		2	2	.118	.211	.118	.329	-0.2
1918	NYA	AL	3	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	1		2	1	.333	.500	.333	.833	0.1
1919	NYA	AL	79	233	18	56	6	0	0	31	4		34	26	.240	.340	.266	.606	0.7
1920	NYA	AL	82	261	30	70	14	1	1	15	4	2	15	18	.268	.310	.341	.651	-0.1
1921	BOS	AL	113	358	41	99	21	1	1	45	2	7	41	15	.277	.352	.349	.701	1.3
1922	BOS	AL	116	361	34	92	15	1	0	28	4	2	41	26	.255	.333	.302	.635	0.2
1923	WS1	AL	136	449	63	142	24	3	0	54	4	6	55	21	.316	.394	.383	.777	4.7
1924	WS1	AL	149	501	50	142	20	2	0	57	7	11	62	20	.283	.370	.331	.701	2.4
1925	WS1	AL	127	393	55	122	9	2	0	54	4	5	63	16	.310	.411	.344	.755	3.2
1926	WS1	AL	117	368	42	110	22	4	1	53	7	6	61	14	.299	.401	.389	.790	3.3
1927	WS1	AL	131	428	61	132	16	5	1	52	9	6	63	18	.308	.403	.376	.779	3.4
1928	WS1	AL	108	350	31	90	18	2	0	55	12	10	44	14	.257	.342	.320	.662	1.1
1929	WS1	AL	69	188	16	46	4	2	0	20	0	4	31	7	.245	.352	.287	.639	0.7
1930	WS1	AL	66	198	18	50	3	4	0	26	1	0	24	13	.253	.342	.308	.650	0.4
1931	BOS	AL	33	83	6	25	5	0	0	6	0	0	9	6	.301	.370	.361	.731	0.0
1931	DET	AL	14	50	1	6	1	0	0	3	0	0	5	1	.120	.200	.140	.340
1932	DET	AL	51	136	10	32	4	2	0	18	1	0	17	6	.235	.320	.294	.614	-0.2
1933	SLA	AL	36	63	13	12	2	0	0	8	0	0	24	4	.190	.414	.222	.636	0.5
1934	CHA	AL	22	57	4	12	3	0	0	7	0	0	8	5	.211	.308	.263	.571	-0.4
Total			1468	4514	494	1242	187	29	4	534	61	59	606	238	.275	.361	.332	.693	20.9

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
1915	SLA	AL	C	6	20	3	1	0
1917	NYA	AL	C	6	23	6	0	0
1918	NYA	AL	C	2	8	2	0	0
1919	NYA	AL	C	79	340	90	11	6
1920	NYA	AL	C	80	317	62	6	2
1921	BOS	AL	C	109	375	86	11	7
1922	BOS	AL	C	112	359	96	10	17
1923	WS1	AL	C	133	528	146	14	14
1924	WS1	AL	C	147	612	112	15	23
1925	WS1	AL	1B	1	2	0	0	1
1925	WS1	AL	C	126	491	103	11	18
1926	WS1	AL	C	117	452	81	6	13
1927	WS1	AL	C	128	495	100	7	8
1928	WS1	AL	1B	2	19	2	1	1
1928	WS1	AL	C	101	397	73	5	5
1929	WS1	AL	C	62	247	52	3	6
1930	WS1	AL	C	60	243	32	4	5
1931	BOS	AL	C	30	83	21	6	2
1931	DET	AL	C	14	60	17	2	2
1932	DET	AL	C	49	150	25	2	3
1933	SLA	AL	C	28	72	21	0	3
1934	CHA	AL	C	21	75	8	2	1
Total				1413	5368	1138	117	137

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1925	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1925	Baseball Magazine All-Star	ML
1926	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL
1927	Baseball Magazine All-Star	AL

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1946	Nominating Vote	1		No
1950	BBWAA	4	126	No
1951	BBWAA	1	170	No
1952	BBWAA	1	176	No
1953	BBWAA	8	198	No
1954	BBWAA	5	189	No
1955	BBWAA	11	189	No
1956	BBWAA	16	145	No
1958	BBWAA	10	200	No
1960	BBWAA	9	202	No
1982	Veterans			No
1984	Veterans			No

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